All-Star Weekend (film)


All-Star Weekend is an unreleased sports comedy drama film directed by Jamie Foxx, from a screenplay by Donald "Speedy" Caldwell Jr. and Foxx. Produced by Foxx, Avram "Butch" Kaplan, Chuck Pacheco, and Deon Taylor, the film stars Jamie Foxx, Jeremy Piven, Jessica Szohr, Eva Longoria, Robert Downey Jr., Ken Jeong and Gerard Butler.

Premise

Cast

Production

Casting

In October 2012, the film was first announced as part of an informal partnership between Jamie Foxx and Ken Jeong, where they agreed to star in movies written by the other. Due to the partnership, Jeong signed on to All-Star Weekend, while Foxx would have starred in Jeong's After Prom, but production ended up in development hell. In early 2016, Robert Downey Jr., Gerard Butler, Benicio del Toro, Jessica Szohr, and Eva Longoria were confirmed to star in the film, alongside Foxx and Jeong.

Filming

began on October 26, 2016. Several actors were confirmed to appear including Jeremy Piven, DJ Khaled, French Montana, Inanna Sarkis, Jasmine Waltz, Luenell, Terrence Terrell, Corinne Foxx, Tyrin Turner, The Game, and RD Whittington. During a July 2017 podcast interview on The Joe Rogan Experience, Jaime Foxx revealed that "he will portray a white, racist cop" and "managed to convince Robert Downey Jr. to play a Mexican" in the film. Foxx reiterated this during a June 2018 interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, while also revealing that Downey Jr. was only on set for 4 hours. In January 2019, the film was in post-production.

Release

All-Star Weekend was originally scheduled to be released on February 16, 2018, to coincide with the 2018 NBA All-Star Game, but post-production was not completed in time. The film was delayed to February 22, 2019, within the week of the 2019 NBA All-Star Game, but ended up missing the release date for undisclosed reasons. The film was then projected to be released sometime later in 2019. As of 2020, All-Star Weekend is not on a new release schedule, with the film searching for a distributor.